Booming into Midlife

By: Myna German-Schleifer

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Paperback | 1 December 1998

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One moment your school-age son is engaged in a house sale, and everything is serene on a Sunday afternoon in the suburbs. The next morning, you awaken to a 6am phone call from a policeman, who tells you that a childless great-uncle has jumped from the roof, leaving your phone number for notification purposes. Shortly after that, you learn that your best friends are getting a divorce, and you don't know what to tell your children. Midlife brings chaos, laughter and tears. You find women in their 40's having 'last chance' babies, and many people changing careers while they still can. Couples, meanwhile, are fighting about whether to stay together, and many women who have been home are trying to jump-start their careers. Boyfriends, girlfriends, and 'last chance' affairs complicate matters even more. The author takes you with her on a search for order, trying to find patterns in the chaos, travelling the routes of the past, examining the lives of baby-boomer friends, while renewing an earlier commitment to journalism, which had lapsed during a ten-year stint in the business world.

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Preface	p. IX
Acknowledgments	p. XIII
Origins--Going Back Home
A Tale Of Three Cities: Roots Are Forever	p. 1
Cats and Dogs: Early-Life Relationships	p. 7
To the Country and Back: A Doctor's Wife	p. 11
An Old Reliable Car: My Husband Ervin	p. 17
A Random Walk Back From Wall Street: Re-Inventing the Dream	p. 21
Connecting With Four Generations at the Beach: A Summer Vacation	p. 25
The Novack Family Circle: A Philadelphia story	p. 31
Learning How to Talk: My Husband's Family	p. 35
Yard Sales and Rooftops--Turbulent Times
Aging Relatives Can Make You Feel Old: Uncle Murray	p. 39
The Little Entrepreneur: My Son Henry	p. 43
Buying and Selling: Love as a Commodity	p. 47
Last Change: Life In The Forties	p. 51
Homemaking is an Honest Job: Mary's story	p. 55
Turning a Relationship Around: Working Mothers	p. 61
A Way of Life Passes in the Suburbs: The Clubwoman	p. 65
Good-Bye, M.B.A. Suits: When Lives No Longer Fit	p. 69
Audrey and Jim's Divorce: A Forty-Something Happening	p. 73
Having An Affair Makes You Look Young: Innocence Abroad	p. 77
The Empty-Nest Syndrome: Karen's Story	p. 83
A Smart Furry Cat: My Son Teddy	p. 89
Coming to Terms with Midlife--A New Order
Sunday Morning in Hartsdale: A Taste of Paradise	p. 93
Cafe Sitting in the Suburbs: Trading Places	p. 95
Vietnam War Widow and Never Married: Finally Moving On	p. 99
Middle-Age Man Seeks Appropriate Wife: A Wisconsin Farm Boy	p. 105
Peeling the Layers of an Onion: Midlife Couples	p. 111
Fighting to Redefine Oneself: Midlife Activism	p. 115
The Male Midlife Crisis: From a Mole to a Bagel Store	p. 119
Getting Through the Winter: A Purpose for All Seasons	p. 123
Babies and Bifocals: A Bizarre Combination	p. 127
If the Box Fits, Live in It: On Being a Non-Planner	p. 129
From Woodstock to a Profit-and-Loss World: The Green Stuff	p. 133
Morality From Sport: Teaching The Next Generation	p. 137
Having Children Makes You Return To Religion: Coming Home	p. 141
Normal Suburbia Won't Make You Sane: Becoming Whole	p. 145
Learning From My Children: The Lessons Of Life	p. 149
Midlife Journey's End	p. 151
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